Electoral process and the prospects for democracy consolidation : contextualising the African multiparty elections of 2004 / / edited by Korwa G. Adar, Abdalla Hamdok and Joram Rukambe

• Pubblicazione: Pretoria, South Africa, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Elections - Africa; Democracy - Africa
• Altri autori: AdarKorwa G <1949-> (Korwa Gombe) HamdokAbdalla RukambeJoram
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One. The Algerian Electoral Process""; ""Chapter Two. The 2004 Presidential Election in Cameroon""; ""Chapter Three. The 2004 General Elections in Ghana""; ""Chapter Four. Consolidating Malawi's Democracy""; ""Chapter Five. The 2004 General Election in Mozambique""; ""Chapter Six. The 2004 General Election in South Africa""; ""Conclusion""; ""Back Cover""
• Sommario/riassunto: Any study of Africa's multiparty elections reveals inherent institutional and systemic difficulties that raise questions about the electoral outcomes in the emerging democracies. An assessment of electoral processes in Africa poses methodological, conceptual, and theoretical challenges to scholars and practitioners. The chapters of this volume address these issues through an assessment of the electoral processes and an examination of democratisation trends in Africa, with special focus on case studies. The chapters on Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, and South Africa analyse these complexities holistically. They examine: the potency and independence of electoral institutions; adherence to electoral laws by those charged with the statutory powers as well as the participants in the elections; the role of the media, election monitors and observers, civil society, and political parties. The authors also assess whether or not elections were conducted in a free and fair environment conducive for multiparty electoral practice and consolidation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Electoral process and the prospects for democracy consolidation
• ISBN: 0-7983-0233-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972738003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II